2012 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	February 3–5
Venue	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs

The 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts is the second edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which will take place between February 3 to 5. The Netherlands are the holders after the pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé defeated Wales, represented by Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final in December 5, 2010.

Format

The participating teams are the same as the last world cup. 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of January 4 after the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship. Each nations top ranked player was then joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rank of both was used.

The seedings will be the same as the last World Cup. The top 8 nations automatically starting in round 2. with the other 16 nations starting in round 1.

The round 1 matches will be the same as the last world cup. Best of 11 legs in doubles.

The winners of round 1 will play one of the top eight ranked teams in round 2, with the change being that instead of the same format in the last world cup where it was a best of 11 legs doubles match, it will now be like the group stage in the last world cup. Two singles matches and a doubles match with 1 point awarded for a singles win and 2 points awarded for a doubles win. If the match score is 2-2 at the end of the matches, then a sudden-death doubles leg will decide who goes through. The fixtures are like the last world cup, the top ranked player in the country facing the second highest ranked player in the country. The only change in that being the legs increased from 5 to 7.

Another change will see the winners of round 2 qualify for the quarter finals which will replace the group stage. The format will be the same as round 2.

The semi finals format will be the same as the last world cup with the only change being the legs reduced from 11 to 7.

The final will have the same format as the last world cup, with the only change being the legs reduced from 15 to 11.

Teams and seeding

Rank	Country	Top Two Ranked Players	Start In
1	England	Phil Taylor + Adrian Lewis	Round 2
2	Australia	Simon Whitlock + Paul Nicholson
3	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld + Vincent van der Voort
4	Scotland	Gary Anderson + Peter Wright
5	Wales	Mark Webster + Richie Burnett
6	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan + Michael Mansell
7	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts + Kurt van de Rijck
8	Germany	Jyhan Artut + Bernd Roith
9	Canada	John Part + Ken MacNeil	Round 1
10	Ireland	William O'Connor + Mick McGowan
11	United States	Darin Young + Gary Mawson
12	Austria	Mensur Suljović + Dietmar Burger
13	Sweden	Magnus Caris + Dennis Nilsson
14	Spain	Antonio Alcinas + Carlos Rodriguez
15	Finland	Petri Korte + Marko Kantele
16	Gibraltar	Dylan Duo + Dyson Parody
17	Denmark	Per Laursen + Jann Hoffmann
18	Croatia	Boris Krcmar + Tonci Restovic
19	South Africa	Devon Petersen + Shawn Hogan
20	Japan	Haruki Muramatsu + Morihiro Hashimoto
21	New Zealand	Warren French + Preston Ridd
22	Philippines	Christian Perez + Lourence Ilagan
23	Malaysia	Lee Choon Peng + Amin Bin Abdul Ghani
24	Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg + Kristian Kaufmann

Main draw

The bracket from the last 16 and the preliminary round matches were announced on 9 January 2012. The preliminary round teams were drawn against the seeded teams with pairings announced on 25 January 2011.

	Round 1 Best of 11 legs					Round 2					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						1	England
	9	Canada
	24	Hungary
						8	Germany
	11	United States
	22	Philippines
						5	Wales
	15	Finland
	28	Croatia
						4	Scotland
	14	Spain
	19	South Africa
						2	Australia
	10	Ireland
	23	Malaysia
						7	Belgium
	13	Sweden
	20	Japan
						6	Northern Ireland
	16	Gibraltar
	17	Denmark
						3	Netherlands
	12	Austria
	21	New Zealand

Detailed results

Round 2

[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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Quarter-finals

[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
0	Points		0
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
0	Points		0
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
0	Points		0
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Semi-finals

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

Final

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

Television coverage

The tournament will be broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.